Liam Neeson joins 'Next Three Days'

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Liam Neeson has signed up to star opposite Russell Crowe in thriller The Next Three Days, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The Irish actor, who is currently filming The A-Team, will play a man who helps Crowe's professor free his wife (Elizabeth Banks) from prison after she is jailed for a crime she didn't commit.

House's Olivia Wilde and Jonathan Tucker will also appear in the film for Crash writer-director Paul Haggis.

The Next Three Days, a remake of the recent French film Anything For Her, is currently shooting in Pittsburgh.